Swimming Pool for Park Circulated by Local Boys
Billy Pearlman and Jerry Fannin led a petition with 107 signatures urging the city to build a swimming pool in the park. The council formed a committee to study costs while weighing funding options, including public subscriptions, and eyed the old gravel pit north of the pavilion as a potential site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Pearlman
Jerry Fannin
Harrison
C. J. Haller
Jesse Martin
Ledger-Press
Jail Break Attempt In Covington Jail Ended
John Carroll a suspected thief linked to a Bernhart home robbery near Covington nearly escaped Aug 5 by filing window bars. Sheriff Martin had allowed wide inmate movement. Carroll seized a jail file, hid it, and tried to break out before officers found the tool missing and the attempt thwarted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carroll
Bernhart
Lafayette
Covington
Martin
Carroll
Will Organize Rescue Band in City
Capt. W. W. Wright and his wife of Mattoon Illinois arrived Wednesday night to establish residence and form a local Rescue Mission band. The movement aims to follow Salvation Army lines, rent a hall, hold nightly evangelistic services, and study city poverty to begin practical charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Wright
Mattoon
Ill
American Rescue Mission
American Salvation Army
Regular Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Chicken Thieves Target Poultry Near Mrs Beedle Home
Reported pilfering in the area starts with Mrs Dawson Beedle losing three dozen Buff Cochin broilers and Plymouth Rock hens on Sunday night. Mrs Lewis Short suffers repeated roost thefts. Attica has none yet but residents urged to fit padlocks or alarm bells to deter culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Beedle
Levee Work Nears Start After Perrysville Finish
Wilmer Foster expects to complete rebuilding the Perrysville grade this week and then begin the Shawnee and Riverside grades. He holds the contracts for both. Shawnee work is light and can move quickly, delaying Riverside only briefly. Riverside will be rebuilt to its pre flood width after no bids were received on widening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Foster
Perrysville
Shawnee
Riverside
Possibility Wins 2:10 Pace at Muncie Horse Show
John Martin’s Possibility, a Richland township racer, won the 2:10 pace at Muncie last Friday in three straight heats despite a heavy track. Time trials were 2:13 and 2:124 and 2:13. Possibility had previously taken first money at the Logansport fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin
Possibility
Richland Township
Muncie
Logansport
Mrs. Cade and son visit Kerr family near Winthrop
Mrs. Sarah Cade and her son Charlea of New Richmond were guests over Sunday with J. W. Kerr and family near Winthrop, sharing a weekend visit in the rural community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Cade
Charlea
New Richmond
J. W. Kerr
Winthrop
Fatal Street Fire After Auto Engine Explodes in Williamsport
In Williamsport a flywheel burst on Earl Hobart’s rebuilt racer as he started it in front of Harper’s store. Gasoline sprayed and ignited, trapping 12 year old Charles Dennis and injuring bystanders. Hobart and helpers saved Dennis with severe burns but he died hours later. A crowd gathered as fire crews subdued the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hobart
E. S. Hobart
Elm Grove Farm
Williamsort
Newport
Williamsport
Harper Grocery
Dale Stansbury
Dale
Earl
Young Hobart
Charles Dennis
J. B. Dennis
Hobart
E. B. Anderson
Will Strumpfer
Althe
Harper's
Alva McKinzie
Amanda Stump
Dennis Boy
Althoit
Midsummer nuptials surprise Collyer and McCabe couple
Thaddeus Collyer and Margaret McCabe wed in Williamsport with license issued in the county but kept secret for days. A public procession, led by Moe Hirsch’s cattle wagon, paraded the couple through the business district as onlookers cheered. Collyer, a National Car Coupler plant molder, will reside on South Perry street after Sept 1, with the bride formerly of the Farmers restaurant and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Collyer
Margaret McCabe
Williamsport
Tom Powell
Thad
National Car
Moe Hirsch
Warren County
Independence
O. C. Martin
South Perry Street
Frank Pearl
Ed McCabe
Just Cause
Farmers Restaurant
Mi Street
Nellie Randall to Wed Raymond Buckles at Randall Home
Sunday at 8 30 p m the wedding of Nellie Randall to Raymond Buckles will take place at the Randall home on south McDonald street Rev Elizabeth Chappell will officiate The couple plan a three week visit to Adrian Michigan after the wedding Louisie and Mayme Brown hosted a pre wedding shower for the bride with about twenty young ladies present at Ravine park and the Browns home The bride has worked as a typesetter for the paper over the past three years and will reside with the Buckles family on Jackson street near Ravine park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randall
South McDonald Street
Nellie
Raymond Buckles
Elizabeth Chappell
United Brethers Church
Buckles
Adrian, Mich
Miss Randall
Ethel Bradshaw
Harriet Buckles
Jackson Street
Ravine Park
Louisie
Mayme Brown
Misses Brown
Brown
Attica Couple Wed In Danville Surprise License
Clarence Oakley left Attica for Decatur to start a clothing store job and was escorted part way by his sweetheart Miss Margaret Truhart. Danville papers reported a marriage license issued to the Attica pair and a ceremony performed by a Presbyterian minister in Danville. Clarence returns Sunday to a warm Attica welcome from his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Oakley
Attica
Decatur
Danville
Margaret Truhart
Painter Edgar Keefer Weds Eva Minick in Danville
Edgar Keefer the city’s noted young painter married Eva Minick a Star restaurant waitress in Danville Illinois at noon Tuesday with Justice Judy presiding. The couple then traveled onward to an unspecified destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Keefer
Eva Minick
Star
Main Street
Danville
Ill
Justice Judy
Kenyon to Speak for Colleague Vardaman at Chautauqua
William S. Kenyon of Iowa, dubbed a People’s Senator, will substitute for Senator Vardaman to lecture at the chautauqua on August 24. The young Iowa jurist and former district judge, U S attorney general appointee, authored the Kenyon bill barring liquor shipments to dry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon
Vardaman
United States
Iowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa University Law School
Grinnel College
Ft. Dodge
Illinois Central Railway
J. P. Dolliver
United States Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Beef Trust” Packers
Lorimer
Illinois
Senate
S. Kenyon
Kenyon Substitutes for Vardaman in Attica Chautauqua
The Attica chautauqua begins its seventh annual assembly at 2:30 PM with a note that Senator James K. Vardaman must cancel his date. Senator William S. Kenyon of Iowa takes the slot, delivering The Bishop of Dee and a lecture on brotherhood, industry, and society. The program remains otherwise unchanged as the tent city grows to over 400 people with improved weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
United States
Wm. S. Kenyon
Iowa
Peacock
Vardaman
Kenyon
Washington
Altho
Senator Vardaman
Marion
Thomas Fletcher Brooks
Bishop of
Dee
Victor Hugo
Brotherhood of Man
Indianapolis Bride Capture Parade Shocks Attica Crowd
Indianapolis visitors return Wednesday forenoon. That evening a dozen friends abduct the groom and his bride during a band concert and parade them in a hack along Perry street for crowd amusement. The groom, a longtime local, is brother to several named women. the bride is related to Mrs. Fred Francis and Abraham Washburn. They plan to stay in Attica for now with two young children from a previous marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Perry Street
Cooper LaBaw
Victor Lever
Adah Keefer
Fred Francis
Abraham Washburn
Veedersburg
Mr. Keefer
Attica
Holycross Kelley Wed In Hillsboro Home Ceremony
Miss Della Holycross daughter of Mr and Mrs William Holycross of Hillsboro and Samuel Boyd Kelley of Indianapolis were married Sunday afternoon at the bride’s parents home with Rev W K Ingalla officiating. About twenty relatives attended then a wedding luncheon. The couple left for Indianapolis where they will reside and begin a three week wedding trip through Ohio and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Holycross
William Holycross
Hillsboro
Samuel Boyd Kelley
Indianapolis
W. K. Ingalla
Newtown
Kelley
Ohio
Kentucky
Couple from Bend wed in Indianapolis during trip
Misa Anna Wolfe and Harry Furling of The Bend, southwest of Fountain, married in Indianapolis during a Big Four excursion on August 2. They returned to their parental homes before word of the marriage leaked out after two or three days. The ceremony was at the First Baptist church with the pastor officiating, and they plan to live on the David Ferguson farm where the groom has a well furnished residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Anna Wolfe
Harry Furling
Bend
Fountain
Indianapolis
Capital
First Baptist Church
David Ferguson
Ramsey and Simpson tie the knot near Attica
Daniel Ramsey a Rossville area farmer and Minnie Simpson daughter of Mr and Mrs Harve Simpson southeast of Attica were married in Danville on Saturday by Magistrate Judy. The bride’s parents witnessed the ceremony and the Ramseys plan to reside on a farm near Rossville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Ramsey
Rossville
Ill
Minnie Simpson
Harve Simpson
Attica
Danville
Judy
Bridge Rebuilt in Four Days on Covington Line
The Covington branch of the Wabash railroad resumed regular runs after a new Bear creek bridge at Fountain was completed. The fire that burned the wooden span last Tuesday may have started from a live coal or lightning. Charles Watts found the blaze Friday at about 5:00 am as about three fourths of the 120 foot by thirty foot structure burned. The rapid rebuild in four days impressed railway workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Wabash Railroad
Bear Creek
Fountain
Charles Watts
Frank Padgett Dies From Racetrack Injuries
Frank Padgett a noted Boswell horseman died in Lawrenceburg from injuries suffered Friday when his pacer fell in a 2 25 event and a second horse collided with the sulky shaft piercing his side. He was about 52, born in Benton county, trained and raced horses with barns at Tippecanoe county fairgrounds and spent winters in Athens Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Padgett
Boswell
Lawrenceburg
Mr. Padgett
A. L. Padgett
Rensselaer
Benton County
Tippecanoe County Fair Grounds
Athens, Ga
Williamsport Battalion Meeting and Home Coming
Williamsport plans a large Battalion Meeting and Home Coming on September 4 5 and 6 with Lew Shank Indianapolis mayor expected to speak. Organizers push for a major event rivaling old political rallies as Attica and Fountain residents likely attend to boost the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Attica
Fountain
Infant dies of cholera infantum in Davis township
The first summer cholera death this season occurred Friday when three month old William Oliver died after illness beginning around 3:00 AM. He died at 4:00 PM and was buried Sunday at Salem church with Rev. U S Ferguson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oliver
Oliver
Will Cobb
Davis Township
William
Salem Church
U.S. Ferguson
Free Methodist Church
Salem Cemetery
Dunklebargers Visit Mother in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs J E Dunklebarger and daughter Ruth arrived from Indianapolis Saturday to visit his mother Mrs Minerva Dunklebarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Dunklebarger
Ruth
Indianapolis
Minerva Dunklebarger
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Lad
W. E. Parent
Tangier
Omar Drake
Cleveland
P.E. Parent
Collyer McCabe
Randall-Buckles
Truhart-Oakley
Minick Keefer
William S. Kenyon
Holycross-Kelley
Wolfe-Furling
Babe
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